org/offline) is a special version of
Dojo Toolkit designed for OCC. Dojo Offline is based on Google Gears and provides
an easy-to-understand, higher-level access to Gears. It can automatically detect
network availability and store data in a lightweight hash table instead of SQL. Dojo
SQL allows querying stored data and returns them as easy-to-use JavaScript objects.
Dojo is also working on a mobile version of its toolkit, so Dojo Offline is something
to watch out for.
If Dojo is using Google Gears, there must be something good about it. The G
Company is eyeing the mobile market already and is ready to take it by storm, and it
plans to do this with thousands of Androids!
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Androids will Invade Your Mobile
Space Soon!
Android is the name of Google's mobile operating system and other key
software. Google, along with many others, has formed the Open Handset Alliance
(www.openhandsetalliance.com)??”a group of mobile and technology leaders
who want to change the mobile experience for customers. The alliance has released
Android SDK, which is an open platform to build applications for mobile devices
using Java.
What's so special about Android and the Open Handset Alliance? As such, there
have been a number of similar initiatives in the past where groups launched a
Linux-based operating system and built tools around it.
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